Table 4. The Prevalence of Resistant Genes in Staphylococci with Different Erythromycin Susceptibility.
N | Resistant Genes, No. (%) | P Valuea | |||||||
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ermA | ermB | ermC | msrA | ermA and ermC | ermC and msrA | Total | |||
Erythromycin resistant | 53 | 0.581 | |||||||
S. aureus | 10 | 0 | 1 (10) | 5 (50) | 1 (10) | 0 | 1 (10) | 8 (80) | |
CoNS | 43 | 2 (4.6) | 1 (2.3) | 14 (32.5) | 10 (23.2) | 1 (2.3) | 8 (18.6) | 36 (83.7) | |
Erythromycin susceptible | 39 | 0.386 | |||||||
S. aureus | 35 | 0 | 1 (2.8) | 1 (2.8) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (5.7) | |
CoNS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 (25) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (25) | |
Erythromycin intermediate | 8 | 0.999 | |||||||
S. aureus | 6 | 0 | 2 (33.3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (33.3) | |
CoNS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 (100) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (100) |
Abbreviation: CoNS, coagulase-negative staphylococci.
aChi-square test.